STAAR prep - Civil Rights and Vietnam

At the beginning of the 1960’s, Kennedy dealt with the (a)   , in which he ordered a naval blockade of Cuba to prevent the (b)   from delivering missiles there. When Lyndon B. Johnson was president, he helped pass the (c)   of 1965 that provided health care for senior citizens. Johnson also helped pass the (d)   Act of 1965 which provided (e)   for those living in poverty and needing assistance.

• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Soviet Union
• Medicare Act
• assistance
• Housing and Urban Development

Also in the 1960’s, Chicano activist (a)   led the Chicano Worker Movement which fought for better conditions for (b)   workers. The Chicano (c)   attempted to build Hispanic cultural pride through artwork. At the same time the Counterculture Movement saw youth (d)   policies of the government and use (e)   to communicate their views.

• Cesar Chavez
• migrant
• Mural Movement
• protest
• rock music

The U.S. got involved in the (a)   to try and prevent Communism from spreading. As more and more U.S. soldiers were deployed, the (b)   Movement grew and protesting demonstrations increased. The (c)   limited the military power of the executive branch.

• Vietnam War
• Anti-War
• War Powers Resolution

Match the following

• War Powers Resolution

• Limited military power of the executive branch.

• Vietnam War

• Health care for seniors.

• Cesar Chavez

• Protest music at Woodstock Concert.

• Medicare Act of 1965

• War to help prevent the spread of Communism.

• Rock Music

• Leader of the Chicano Workers Movement.

The ​ (a)   movement worked to bring equality to African Americans and other minorities. The court case ​ (b)   required the desegregation of schools. ​ (c)   was a member of the NAACP who helped argue the court case. The greatest civil rights leader was ​ (d)   who believed in civil disobedience. The ​ (e)   however were a civil rights group that instead used armed resistance to protest and defend themselves.

• Civil Rights
• Brown v Board of Education
• Thurgood Marshall
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Black Panthers

Match the following

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965.

• Location where the Governor refused to desegregate schools.

• Civil Rights Act of 1964.

• Ended discrimination of minorities in the workplace.

• Little Rock, Arkansas.

•  Ended discriminatory voting requirements.

What was the goal of the protests depicted on this map?

• To pressure Congress to prohibit discrimination against disabled citizens

• To demonstrate the economic impact of discriminatory practices on interstate transportation

• To challenge the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation

• To persuade states to abandon discriminatory voter-registration procedures

(2016)How did the event described by Rosa Parks in this excerpt affect the Civil Rights movement?

• It changed the way police arrested public protesters.

• It resulted in a bus boycott that lasted more than a year.

• It led to an increase in the number of registered voters in southern states.

• It prompted the government to station the National Guard in southern states.

(2021) How did the decision in this 1950 case benefit minorities?

• By setting a precedent for Brown v. Board of Education

• By reinforcing the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

• By giving state governments the power to create school programs

• By allowing for the creation of religious schools

The Ho Chi Minh Trail was -

• a secret path which was used by the Viet Cong in Saigon.

• a supply line for the Vietcong which ran through neutral countries.

• the route that the Americans took when they left South Vietnam.

• a supply line used by South Vietnam.